anteriorityn.

Brit.

/anˌtɪərɪˈɒrᵻti/, U.S.

/ænˌtɪriˈɔrədi/

Forms: 1500s anterioritie, 1600s– anteriority.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Italian anteriorità; Latin anterioritas.

Etymology: < Italian anteriorità (1570) and its etymon post-classical Latin anterioritas priority, previous existence (from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin anterior (see anterior adj.) + -itās -ity suffix. Compare earlier anterior adj. Compare French antériorité (1553 in Middle French).

The quality of being anterior in time or order; (also) an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun]

priority?a1475

prevention1544

earliness1575

foregoinga1586

foreness1587

formerness1587

antecedency1598

anteriority1599

precedence1605

pregression1623

antecedencea1626

antecession1629

precedency1634

beforeness1635

earlierness1674

previousness1677

precursorship1856

anteriornessa1866

precession1898

1599 R. Tofte tr. E. Tasso Of Mariage & Wiuing sig. D It is said that God made both man & woman: taking their Arguments from thence, that therefore there cannot happen betweene them Anterioritie of times, nor principallities or degrees in their endes.

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. xxiii. §43.19 We have little respect to the anteriority of debts in competition, but to the anteriority of diligence.

1720 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad V. xix. Observ. 1501 This Anteriority of Time makes this Passage the more observable.

1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 777 It has the anteriority of date with regard to Mr. Melvil's paper.

1833 Knickerbocker July 45 The [Pelasgian] alphabet differed only in time and place [from the Phoenician]..the anteriority of the one precluded it from undergoing the modifications and improvements undergone by the other.

1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius xii. 335 I was much impressed by..the anteriority of granite to greenstone.

1912 C. H. C. Wright Hist. French Lit. i. iii. 39 The Roman de Thèbes,..often attributed to the author of the tale of Troy which it preceded by a few years, had certainly the merit of anteriority.

1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam ii. 57 There is also a positive symbolism of anteriority.

1985 C. L. Millar Blank Darkness iv. 172 Traveling back means..projecting the primitive world as an anteriority that can be reached geographically.

2002 Canad. Ethnic Stud. (Nexis) 34 112 The dating of events enables us to identify a given event's anteriority or posteriority relative to other events.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anteriority
释义	anteriorityn. Brit. /anˌtɪərɪˈɒrᵻti/, U.S. /ænˌtɪriˈɔrədi/ Forms: 1500s anterioritie, 1600s– anteriority. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Italian anteriorità; Latin anterioritas. Etymology: < Italian anteriorità (1570) and its etymon post-classical Latin anterioritas priority, previous existence (from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin anterior (see anterior adj.) + -itās -ity suffix. Compare earlier anterior adj. Compare French antériorité (1553 in Middle French). The quality of being anterior in time or order; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] priority?a1475 prevention1544 earliness1575 foregoinga1586 foreness1587 formerness1587 antecedency1598 anteriority1599 precedence1605 pregression1623 antecedencea1626 antecession1629 precedency1634 beforeness1635 earlierness1674 previousness1677 precursorship1856 anteriornessa1866 precession1898 1599 R. Tofte tr. E. Tasso Of Mariage & Wiuing sig. D It is said that God made both man & woman: taking their Arguments from thence, that therefore there cannot happen betweene them Anterioritie of times, nor principallities or degrees in their endes. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. xxiii. §43.19 We have little respect to the anteriority of debts in competition, but to the anteriority of diligence. 1720 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad V. xix. Observ. 1501 This Anteriority of Time makes this Passage the more observable. 1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 777 It has the anteriority of date with regard to Mr. Melvil's paper. 1833 Knickerbocker July 45 The [Pelasgian] alphabet differed only in time and place [from the Phoenician]..the anteriority of the one precluded it from undergoing the modifications and improvements undergone by the other. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius xii. 335 I was much impressed by..the anteriority of granite to greenstone. 1912 C. H. C. Wright Hist. French Lit. i. iii. 39 The Roman de Thèbes,..often attributed to the author of the tale of Troy which it preceded by a few years, had certainly the merit of anteriority. 1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam ii. 57 There is also a positive symbolism of anteriority. 1985 C. L. Millar Blank Darkness iv. 172 Traveling back means..projecting the primitive world as an anteriority that can be reached geographically. 2002 Canad. Ethnic Stud. (Nexis) 34 112 The dating of events enables us to identify a given event's anteriority or posteriority relative to other events. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1599
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